Thomas Parpoulas Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 had 4 hours of close-to-perfection wind for the B Series MV, practiced some tip landing maneuvers mostly and some basic reverse flying. Compilation video, feedback welcome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madquad Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Good practice. Check your end caps and bridle for any damage. Groundwork is always nice...but it can damage/wear your equipment. Keep up the good work and have fun 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Parpoulas Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Pics attached, noticed some wear on the bridles and the kite edge, for the bridles I tried an extra knot there in order to prevent them from getting cut at the weak point. For the sail edge I was thinking of fold & sew. The plastic and carbon parts got dirty, but all intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Parpoulas Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 You are totally right Chris, as for the bridles, I did tie that extra knot to both of them bridle edges, balance wise. The lighter trick worked well on the dacron, much easier than folding and sewing for sure! Thanks for the tip! But yep, a battle scarred kite is needed for that learning curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVflyer Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 next time you could try some little attachment loops (like an inch of diameter) for each bridle point affixing to the leading edge sleeve or caps. Then when the high wear shows it's ugly head you just replace the loop instead of the whole bridle. Alternatively you could fabricate a new bridle "leg" just for those spots that show the highest wear. here's a test of your bridle, ... when you pick it up by just the two attachment points for the top flying lines, do all of the legs fetch-up tight?, if not adjust until they do now do you want more leaning forward or backward? You could vary the lengths of the bottom attachment point inch loops easily Add a second one, go fly and see if it helps. This is easy experimentation! After you are more comfortable testing you can add a couple of attachment points, one more and one less than stock, just to see how it impacts the flight dynamics. Here's a visual example. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201221925485071&set=a.10200884097639586.1073741826.1079141123&type=1&theater In this case the experiment is to see what the "closeness of the center attachment point" on a french bridle does, if you vary the length by 50% or 200% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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